Il Derby!!!

What a goal.
I know it was in penalty box already, but Inter players were too passive before Kaka made a cross.

Dinho starts it, dinho finishes.


Fook everyone who says he is done with

Is this game watchable? Or is it a typical Serie A game again?

Come on Inter!

Fey wrote:Is this game watchable? Or is it a typical Serie A game again?

It was typical Serie A game until goal, but I can see it being much more open and heated now.

Inter are so dull, they badly need an attacking midfield player.

Murray wrote:Inter are so dull, they badly need an attacking midfield player.

Lampard would make them a much better team, since Ibrahimovic would have a box support, and Mancini and Quaresma could play more wide than they are doing now, it would help especially with Quaresma.

Very entertaining half.

Milan were the ones taking the initiative, Inter sat back(with their 2 offensive midfielders + two wingers playing deep) hoping to hit Milan on the break. But now they are forced to attack which should leave a lot of space for Kaka and co to run into.

We'll probably see a more end to end stuff in the 2nd half.

Would like to see Adriano next to Ibra in the second half. Ibra has to come back too much. Quaresma doesnt look up for it and hasnt really made his mark on the game. would be wise perhaps to take him out and put in Adriano and let Zanetti take one of the wings.

stinger wrote:

Murray wrote:Inter are so dull, they badly need an attacking midfield player.

Lampard would make them a much better team, since Ibrahimovic would have a box support, and Mancini and Quaresma could play more wide than they are doing now, it would help especially with Quaresma.

I think Mourinho clearly instructed his team to play that way. He could easily tell Quaresma and Mancini to play a bit further up the pitch and Vieira and Zanetti to support them. We'll probably see them do that in the 2nd half.

The Professor wrote:

stinger wrote:

Murray wrote:Inter are so dull, they badly need an attacking midfield player.

Lampard would make them a much better team, since Ibrahimovic would have a box support, and Mancini and Quaresma could play more wide than they are doing now, it would help especially with Quaresma.

I think Mourinho clearly instructed his team to play that way. He could easily tell Quaresma and Mancini to play a bit further up the pitch and Vieira and Zanetti to support them. We'll probably see them do that in the 2nd half.

I know they were instructed to play this way, just it doesn't suit them, especially Quaresma. And having an attacking central midfielder like Lampard would give them much more flexibility in offensive tactical preparations.

Shite.... this is not going well!!

Interesting subs by Mourinho, Adriano and Cruz in, Mancini and Materazzi out.

I believe Inter will be playing 4-2-1-3 now, with Quaresma behind a three strikers, Vieira and Cambiasso as central/defensive midfielders, and Zanetti and Maicon as offensively minded full backs.

That is gay, I thought this was the new Inter shirt!


Contes! It appears it was a fake one! Now im watching this match they still have those not so beautiful shirts They should produce this one though

Materazzi got a red card...while he was on the bench! I expected Cruz to score though!

YESSSS! Ronaldinho, what a time to score.

I guess blue9 was right, we do have one of the best teams in Europe.

Gone wrote:0-0 or 1-0.

Fantastic result for Milan. Great game by all means by Milan defence.

No, you don't, Inter was so $h!t.

TITO wrote:No, you don't, Inter was so $h!t.

Because we didn't let them play. You know, like Man United looked bad when they play us.

I'm not saying that Milan played bad, it's just the way Inter played was wrong from the beginning.
And their starting eleven...

Mourinho will have plenty to whinge about after that game, even though it's his own fault they lost by being too negative.

Is Nesta still out?

Murray wrote:Mourinho will have plenty to whinge about after that game, even though it's his own fault they lost by being too negative.

Like what?

Gone wrote:

Murray wrote:Mourinho will have plenty to whinge about after that game, even though it's his own fault they lost by being too negative.

Like what?

The referee, all the yellow cards, red card for Burdisso. You know how Jose likes to moan.

Great result for Milan...and a lot of us were hoping for a Milan win
Cheers for Ronaldinho

Nothing better than beating those contes in the derby!

Chi non salta e' Nerazzurro!

Great game by Milan. We did not let Inter settle at all.

Mourinho: We deserved draw
Sunday 28 September, 2008
Jose Mourinho thinks a draw would've been the right result and that Milan's “pragmatism” was the only difference.

“Milan scored a goal and we didn't, that is the story of this match. They had a few shots on goal and despite playing a man down, we had some great chances,” he said after the 1-0 derby defeat.

“I saw two teams tonight and neither one deserved a win more than the other. I will not talk about the goal or the red card, as I don't want to get suspended.”

Nicolas Burdisso saw red in the second half, when Ronaldinho's header had already opened the scoring, but Adriano almost snatched an equaliser in stoppages after he came off the bench along with Julio Cruz.

“When I don't like the result, I am not afraid to run risks. I did the same when we were 0-0 against Lecce, but here when we went down to 10 men I couldn't replace Esteban Cambiasso with Mario Balotelli.

“We needed the midfield held together and the way things were going Patrick Vieira would've got a second booking too.”

Lazio are incredibly leading the Serie A table now with Inter on 10 points, Milan and Juventus nine, Roma and Fiorentina seven.

“When I look at the table, with all due respect, I don't look at Lazio, Napoli or Catania. I see that we are ahead of Roma, Juventus and Milan,” continued Mourinho.

“A team that plays against Milan, who are basically all midfielders, need to balance things out. We only had two midfielders - Cambiasso and Vieira - so Cruz is in better physical shape and I put him there to put pressure on Clarence Seedorf.

“A side with 10 men that ends the game like this on the attack and forcing Milan to introduce a defender for a forward says it all. Milan were more pragmatic, this is football.”

The Inter boss criticised the Italian media's obsession with controversy over the quality of football this week, but explained his position after his first Milan derby.

“At this moment Italian football is my football, just as when I worked in England I was proud to say it was a fantastic League.

“Today's derby started out in a splendid way for me, as you cannot see the fans behave so wonderfully in every country. I didn't know they could be so respectful and generous.

“The players were respectful on the field, although Burdisso was ridiculously sent off, as I don't think he deserved to get either yellow card.

“Marco Materazzi was sent off from the bench and it seemed a familiar tale to me. He started from such slight beginnings to become World champion.

“It seemed a real derby to be and a very entertaining game. I feel 1-1 was the right result, but this was down to pragmatism. It's better to lose a game than to be afraid of playing football. We played.”

Of course it wouldn't be Mourinho without a snide comment against his opponents and he launched a broadside at the Rossoneri.

“Milan have a lot of experience and they know how to control the tempo, commit a tactical foul or pretend to have an injury to slow down the pace.

“I praise the Rossoneri and also my own team. We lost a game, but the side did very well and we are facing some difficult fixtures coming up in the next few weeks. The important thing is that we are still in front of Juve, Milan and Roma.”